Thread: New dt Backsaw.

As you can see the dt is starting to take shape. Still need to add a another coat of shellac to the handle. Final sanding with 1200 grit. Shape the the brass back, & final sharpening the saw teeth. 16 tpi rip tooth. The handle wood is Tas. Fiddleback Blackwood. Should come up a treat. I will make a final judgement on whether the handle design is good enough to repeat after everything is finished. Certainly feels very nice in he hand. Here's how it looks so far.

Stewie;

That's looking great Stewie
Love the choice of wood it's come up looking fantastic
And I think the design around the bottom of the handle works too.
Was there any particular reason for the new design

That looks very sweet Stewie, lovely design. Hope that Blackwood neck holds up for you but I guess you have picked a
nice dense bit of timber. You've worked the feature in the wood beautifully with the handle shape.

Spectacular handle - lovely bit of wood

looks like a pretty little saw

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

That looks very sweet Stewie, lovely design. Hope that Blackwood neck holds up for you but I guess you have picked a
nice dense bit of timber. You've worked the feature in the wood beautifully with the handle shape.

Hi Claw. Hopefully I have done everything right. Tight grained timber, low moisture level, orientated the grain pattern correctly through the neck of the handle. It feels rock solid, so it will be left up to time to prove me right or wrong.

Stewie;

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Spectacular handle - lovely bit of wood

looks like a pretty little saw

Thanks Nick. A lovely piece of timber for the handle can make ownership of such a saw much more pleasurable.

Stewie;

Sounds perfect Stewie, when can you pop it in the mail for me? If I had some money I'd make you an offer but the Christmas thing has
drained the funds

Originally Posted by Simplicity

That's looking great Stewie
Love the choice of wood it's come up looking fantastic
And I think the design around the bottom of the handle works too.
Was there any particular reason for the new design

Hi Matt. I was sent some 2 inch depth saw plate from Ron Bontz a fair while ago. Finally got round to using one of them. The handle design was a bit of a challenge. I wanted a low hang handle for better feel through the stroke, but have the handle shaped so it still left adequate saw plate clearance below the handle line for it to be used on a bench hook if needed. Most dts you come across with small depth of plate go the other way and have a higher set handle to maintain that clearance to the tooth line.

Stewie;

Hi Stewie
That makes perfect sense with regard to the hang angle.
Also I like the way you have brought the saw plate up to meet the handle at the rear of the plate.
I think that little detail is a real winner
It's a lot better flowing that way.


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Hey Stewie.
I like what you did to the bottom of the tote. Different and flows well. Take care.

Originally Posted by Ron Bontz

Hey Stewie.
I like what you did to the bottom of the tote. Different and flows well. Take care.

Hi Ron. Good to hear you like the look of the bottom tote. Its way off the traditional look but it works well to give the saw the clearance of playable saw plate below the handle line . I still get chuffed taking a conceptual drawing through to its final 3d look. Your no different yourself with the work you do with your saw plate shaping. It was the impetus for me to shape the toe end of the blade to flow intro the bottom handle shaping. Your a bit of a trend setter Ron.

Stewie;

Hi Stewie,

Looks good, I like longer saws, that's just a personal preference, and a 12" x 2" blade would allow longer strokes through the cut.

As others have said the handle shape is spot on..

Ray

Originally Posted by RayG

Hi Stewie,

Looks good, I like longer saws, that's just a personal preference, and a 12" x 2" blade would allow longer strokes through the cut.

As others have said the handle shape is spot on..

Ray

Thanks Ray. It will be handy having an open handle option available. Most of my previous backsaws have all been closed handles.

Stewie;

I'd really like to have some of that wood. Anybody fancy trading planks for folded sawbacks?